ShareLondon-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and performer Alfie Templeman teams up with the legendary Nile Rodgers for Just A Dance.
In celebration of the new album, Templeman has also announced an extensive run of UK headline performances for 2024.
Speaking about his experience working with Nile, Alfie says: “Nobody does rhythm guitar like Nile Rodgers; his music has been a massive part of my life. I went to Miami to put this one together with the man himself and learned so much about his process and how he writes hooks that never escape your head. Nile is obviously the king of all things ‘Dance,’ so to do this one with him feels like a badge of honour, a stamp of approval to join the list.
The song came about thanks in part to Bowie. We got to talking about him and his album Let’s Dance and how the title track on the surface was all about getting people moving for a while, though the song was actually about covering up your feelings. Just A Dance became such a nice, short song full of energy with such a simple message. Just enjoy the now for a while, everything will be alright. It’s all just a dance.”
On working with Alfie, Nile Rodgers said: “I love this new song Just A Dance that I wrote and produced with Alfie Templeman. He’s such a fresh and exciting guitarist and songwriter and I love working with him. He came to see me in Miami and brought the heat!”
Templeman says, “In February 2023, I planned a small trip to the USA and fell back in love with recording music. I visited Nile Rodgers in Miami and Oscar Scheller in LA, then came back and hung out with a bunch of amazing producers in South London: Charlie Perry, Karma Kid, Dan Carey, Will Bloomfield and Josh Scarbrow. During the next five months we’d make my next album together. I’d go home and craft songs; taking from ideas I had dating all the way back to 2017. Then we’d meet up and make things spontaneously. There’s an exciting energy that gets captured when you don’t know what’s coming next.
Every song is intentionally different from the last. It’s about the weird and the wonderful, the big, bright, bursting moments and the quiet, raw, reflective moments. Back when I started out, what really excited me was using music as a way of documenting my life. Each EP felt like a little diary entry, taking the last half a year of my life condensed into a few songs. This album really reminds me of that, but this time it looks back at my whole life. I finally feel a little more confident about fighting the darkness that will inevitably lurk around from time to time. This album is about turning 20: entering a new decade of your life and figuring out how you guided yourself to where you are now even if you don’t really know how.”
TOUR DATES 2024
October
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Thu 31st | St Luke’s Glasgow |
November
| Date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Fri 1st | Manchester Academy |
| Sat 2nd | Boiler Shop Newcastle |
| Tue 5th | XOYO Birmingham |
| Thu 7th | Cambridge Junction |
| Fri 8th | The Waterfront Norwich |
| Sat 9th | Thekla Bristol |
| Mon 11th | The Tramshed Cardiff |
| Tue 12th | Concorde 2 Brighton |
| Wed 13th | The 1865 Southampton |
| Thu 14th | Metronome Nottingham |
| Sat 16th | Live At Leeds |
| Mon 18th | O2 Forum Kentish Town London |
Tickets are now on sale
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